Coastal Commission asks $2.4 million in penalties for Carlsbad violations

Coastal Commission asks $2.4 million in penalties for Carlsbad violations

John Levy finished construction on his two-story, custom-built house in 2000. It stands alone near the beach on a flat spot at the edge of the Buena Vista Lagoon in Carlsbad, just south of the Oceanside border. He lived there a few years as a bachelor, then married and moved to New Zealand. He later rented his Carlsbad property for a while as a destination wedding venue called Levyland, and lately it’s been mostly vacant. But locked gates, a pic…